Finally drew my own ref sheet and got enough details figured out. Apologies about the length!
Linear Mathdragon has two forms, anthro and serpentine (or feral), which she can shift between at will.
In both forms, she has silver scales, with white scutes down her chest and tail. She also has two white horns, and two curved white spikes on the back of her neck, pointing downwards. She has a red line from her left shoulder down her arm to the back of her hand, terminating between her ring and middle finger.
Her wings have two segments, with four lines in concentric arcs around each of the two joints. The furthest arc around the outer joint terminates at the wing terminus and the shoulder, and the furthest arc centered on the shoulder terminates at the outer joint and just above the tail. The other arcs are equidistant. If there isn't enough room for the arcs since the wings are folded, then they can be squished together.
Anthro
The most clear difference between the two forms is that Linear has digitigrade legs in her anthro form. Each foot has three claws on it. The other main difference is the lack of curved spikes on the back. In this form, while Linear can still fly, her wings are incorporeal, and can be dismissed. Her tail can also grow or shrink, though she generally keeps it at about a meter. She is slightly below two meters tall in this form.
Serpentine
Linear is much more attuned to the field of linear algebra in this form, and has greater control over the field. Her wings are permanent and corporeal for as long as she stays in her serpentine form, and instead of legs and a tail, she has a long serpentine body, with the spikes on her head and tail now forming an unbroken line. With her tail now being most of her body, she is more able to scale herself, but normally stands between two meters and a more impressive four meters.
Linear Mathdragon has two forms, anthro and serpentine (or feral), which she can shift between at will.
In both forms, she has silver scales, with white scutes down her chest and tail. She also has two white horns, and two curved white spikes on the back of her neck, pointing downwards. She has a red line from her left shoulder down her arm to the back of her hand, terminating between her ring and middle finger.
Her wings have two segments, with four lines in concentric arcs around each of the two joints. The furthest arc around the outer joint terminates at the wing terminus and the shoulder, and the furthest arc centered on the shoulder terminates at the outer joint and just above the tail. The other arcs are equidistant. If there isn't enough room for the arcs since the wings are folded, then they can be squished together.
Anthro
The most clear difference between the two forms is that Linear has digitigrade legs in her anthro form. Each foot has three claws on it. The other main difference is the lack of curved spikes on the back. In this form, while Linear can still fly, her wings are incorporeal, and can be dismissed. Her tail can also grow or shrink, though she generally keeps it at about a meter. She is slightly below two meters tall in this form.
Serpentine
Linear is much more attuned to the field of linear algebra in this form, and has greater control over the field. Her wings are permanent and corporeal for as long as she stays in her serpentine form, and instead of legs and a tail, she has a long serpentine body, with the spikes on her head and tail now forming an unbroken line. With her tail now being most of her body, she is more able to scale herself, but normally stands between two meters and a more impressive four meters.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / All
Species Dragon (Other)
Size 1280 x 960px
File Size 267.7 kB
Could it be? The Linear Mathdragon? In the flesh? :O
"She is simply elegant," is all I feel needs to be said about Linear, and I hope this ref sheet serves you well in the times to come. The hybridization choice between amphitere and lindwurm is not one I would've thought to make in a million years, but it'll open the door for some marvelous opportunities, I'm sure. In fact, I think you made quite a few good design choices that'll lead to awesome artistic renderings in the future: from the minimalist color palette to the simple-yet-distinctive wing anatomy.
One question I had, though: do the wings have membranes, or are the concentric arc like the wires on a power line with nothing but empty air in the space between them?
Lastly, I must confess: when I first read the description about Serpentine Linear being "much more attuned to the field of linear algebra," I first thought you were referencing some fictitious quantum field; it sent me down the rabbit hole of thinking about what sort of strange quantum particles that could imply.
"She is simply elegant," is all I feel needs to be said about Linear, and I hope this ref sheet serves you well in the times to come. The hybridization choice between amphitere and lindwurm is not one I would've thought to make in a million years, but it'll open the door for some marvelous opportunities, I'm sure. In fact, I think you made quite a few good design choices that'll lead to awesome artistic renderings in the future: from the minimalist color palette to the simple-yet-distinctive wing anatomy.
One question I had, though: do the wings have membranes, or are the concentric arc like the wires on a power line with nothing but empty air in the space between them?
Lastly, I must confess: when I first read the description about Serpentine Linear being "much more attuned to the field of linear algebra," I first thought you were referencing some fictitious quantum field; it sent me down the rabbit hole of thinking about what sort of strange quantum particles that could imply.
Thank you so much, I certainly hope it does! The species choice was a bit of a backronym, I made what I wanted, then looked if there existed a species with those traits, lol
To answer, I imagine it as a transparent membrane between the arcs.
And while that could definitely be interesting, it's the academic kind - though there's some idea floating around in my head on how to adapt sets, and specifically the set of mathdragons, into some form of abstract space for all them as well
To answer, I imagine it as a transparent membrane between the arcs.
And while that could definitely be interesting, it's the academic kind - though there's some idea floating around in my head on how to adapt sets, and specifically the set of mathdragons, into some form of abstract space for all them as well
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